I took my model 71 Winchester (348) to the range. After firing the third time the empty brass was hopelessly stuck in the chamber. No normal amount of tugging on the lever would release the spent round. So it was off to the gunsmith whose prognosses was that the Buffalo Bore people loaded the cartridge too hot. Buffalo Bore tauts their stuff as fast but within saami specs.

What to do? I ordered more factory fodder from Midway: Grizzly Ammunition, 348W. 250 gr. jacketed flat nose bonded core. Stay tuned. What are your thoughts?


God, grant me the senility to forget the guns I never liked, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to know the difference.